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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent afternoon ay @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social - lovely audience, good questions, nice chats afterwards. Thanks to everyone involved and for the great communication throughout.

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The Poetry Business @poetrybusiness.bsky.social · 4d

Join us on Saturday at Ilkley Literature Festival!

The Poems: 40 Years in the North, with Ian Harker
Saturday 18 October, 3.30pm

More details and tickets: www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/62-th...

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Malachi Whitaker @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to the 90+ people who came to the launch event for Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir, And So Did I @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social reprinted after 38 years by @bhousepress.bsky.social

Thanks for the great questions & for buying so many copies of our Malachi's marvellous book!

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Emma Fox @emma-lou-fox.bsky.social · 3d

Had a lovely afternoon at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social listening to Sadiah Qureshi in discussion with Greg Radick on her latest book, Vanished. Very excited to get stuck into it!

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 3d

Brilliant, fascinating couple of Maybe I'm Amazed events this weekend in Durham & Ilkley. Big thanks to Paul Smith & @frankjf.bsky.social for such perceptive interviews, the organisers of two superb festivals & everyone who came
Order the book here linktr.ee/maybeimamazed

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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 3d

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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 3d

Brilliant, fascinating couple of Maybe I'm Amazed events this weekend in Durham & Ilkley. Big thanks to Paul Smith & @frankjf.bsky.social for such perceptive interviews, the organisers of two superb festivals & everyone who came
Order the book here linktr.ee/maybeimamazed

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 3d

I’ll be at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social on October 18th talking about Alan Bennett’s brilliant memoir Untold Stories on a live recording of @beelitmag.bsky.social’s brilliant Working Class Library podcast. There are still a few tickets left and are priced at pay what you feel. Link in bio.

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Malachi Whitaker @malachiwhitaker.bsky.social · 3d

Signing copies of my Afterword in Malachi Whitaker's 1939 memoir 'And So Did I' yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social with Malachi's daughter Val Tordoff. Reprinted for the first time in 38 years by Recovered Books, Boiler House Press, University of East Anglia @bhousepress.bsky.social (Valerie)

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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 2d

The queue for the post-event book signing is generally a reliable indicator of how well an author has been received, and it was through the door for @johnharris1969.bsky.social yesterday @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social

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monkeynutcoat.bsky.social @monkeynutcoat.bsky.social · 2d

Wonderful talk by author @lamornaash.bsky.social on Sat @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about her new book - courageous, honest & uplifting. Thanks not just for signing copy for my son but also for unpacking what ‘The Grand Inquisitor’ is all about - after reading your book I finally get it! (at last!)

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 20h

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM FANS (and skeptics), if you're around #Yorkshire this weekend, I'll be speaking at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social about #NaturesMemory: Behind the Scenes at the World's Natural History #Museums.
Book here: ilkleyliteraturefestival-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

The cover of Nature's Memory by Jack Ashby on the left, with a list of upcoming talks on the right, reading:
Yorkshire: Ilkley Literature Festival, 18 Oct
London: Linnean Society: 13 Nov
Cambridge: Sedgwick Museum: 20 Nov

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Stan Ó hOireachtaigh 🍉 @stane.bsky.social · 9d

If you're in or near Ilkley this weekend, I'm at Church House at 2.30 on Saturday.

Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 9d

Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚

Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 9d

Diaries out - here's what we have in store for you at ILF this week and weekend! 🗓️ 📚

Tickets available at ilkleylitfest.org.uk or call the box office on 01943 816714 🎟️

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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 11d

Had a marvellous time talking about Lost Boys at the @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social yesterday with Sally Johnson. Thanks to the organisers and those who braved the weather to turn out for a packed event.

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 10d

I spoke about Bergson (with my hands) at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social

Me on stage at Ilkley Literature festival making a big hand gesture for no good reason

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Frank Finlay @frankjf.bsky.social · 10d

Really looking forward to interviewing @johnharris1969.bsky.social @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social. #MaybeImAmazed is my personal choice for book of the year; a tender, deeply moving memoir about music and autism — and essential reading!

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 10d

What an opening weekend! ILF25 is well and truly underway. And there's plenty more to come from now until Sunday 19 October.

What were your highlights from our opening weekend? (don't mention the weather ☔ - that part was out of our hands...)

📸 Rich Bunce, Walking Photographer

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 12d

Aaaand we're off! What a fantastic turn out to our opening night event with Nick Clegg at the King's Hall. Thank you to everyone who braved the weather last night and good luck to everyone braving it today to see us! Lots more brilliant events coming up this weekend and until Sunday 19 October. 🧡 📚

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 12d

We're delighted to have BSL interpreters at several of this year's events. You can browse all our BSL interpreted events here: buff.ly/BcLgRm0

#ILF25 #britishsignlanguage #bsl #bookfestival

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

We're proud to be presenting this event in partnership with New Writing North and Durham Book Festival. Find out more and book your tickets here: buff.ly/J0xYvzW

#nationalpoetryday #TonyHarrison #poetry

46. Tony Harrison’s ‘V.’: Reimagined - Ilkley Literature Festival

MPs called for it to be banned. The Daily Mail labelled it a ‘torrent of filth’. What was it about Tony Harrison’s poem ‘V.’ that stirred up so much controversy? Written in 1984 during the Miners’…

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

Forty years on, Andrew McMillan brings together fellow northern poets Malika Booker, Jo Clement and Paul Farley to re-imagine this seminal piece of public poetry and read from their newly commissioned poems inspired by Harrison.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

Written in 1984 during the Miners’ Strike, ‘V.’ describes Harrison’s visit to his parents’ graves which had been vandalised. It explores class, alienation, anger and northern identity.

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

MPs called for it to be banned. The Daily Mail labelled it a ‘torrent of filth’. What was it about the late, great Tony Harrison’s poem ‘V.’ that stirred up so much controversy? Join us on Sunday 12 October as we explore Harrison's seminal work and its legacy.

#nationalpoetryday #TonyHarrison

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Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

Check out all our October poetry events here: ilkleyliteraturefestival-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... #ILF25 #NationalPoetryDay

Ilkley Literature Festival @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social · 14d

It wouldn't be ILF without poetry! We've dedicated a whole day to celebrating the power of poetry at this year's festival. Join us on Sat 18 October for showcases, guided reading groups, workshops and an evening of networking!

#nationalpoetryday #poetry #ILF25

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